RealPage Asset and Investment Management (AIM) aggregates and clearly presents property performance and valuation data to owners, asset managers, investors, and operators. Until now, pulling together data across a diverse portfolio in a form suitable for analyzing performance, valuation, cash flow, and other metrics has involved a confusing, time-wasting jumble of software solutions and manual[…]

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Feeling invisible on social media? Sensing that nobody “likes” your posts anymore? You may be on to something. A stealthy form of online punishment known as shadowbanning has just gone mainstream. It turns out social media accounts have been silently removing user posts from the public eye and not telling them about it. That’s right:[…]

Sometimes the simple things matter the most. Relaxing in a hammock or lounging on patio furniture and throw pillows under festive string lighting or in a semi-private space offer residents some basic outdoor living pleasures. Best of all, they are among some easy-peasy ways that property managers can improve the outdoor living experience at apartments[…]

Projecting revenue may only seem like the hardest part of multifamily budgeting. The reality is that more mistakes are made in planning operating expenses, and those miscues can cause some unnecessary angst explaining variances to owners each month. Getting the numbers right requires thoughtful planning and goal setting, and sometimes a little luck. But planning[…]

When you’re shopping for a car, unless you’re one of the lucky few and money is no object, you consider more than the sticker price. You also weigh reliability (i.e., warranty and ongoing maintenance costs), gas mileage, resale value, the cost of options you want added, and other factors. Software solutions are no different. The[…]

Social media has become one of the best ways to gain visibility in front of the audiences that matter. It has also shaped into a tool that helps professionals build and establish their personal brands online. You know the benefits, especially the social media benefits for your business. But where do you start? How do you join the party,[…]

MPF Research provides actionable market research to apartment investors and operators. Here’s the latest from RealPage’s multifamily intelligence division. Do student housing demand drivers make the sector recession-proof? The Great Recession heightened the contrast between the student housing industry and the conventional multifamily market. In turn, student product came to be viewed by investors as[…]

As a measure of how critical reporting is in property management, consider this: from 25% to 30% of all implementation efforts center around reporting. That’s because commercial property management professionals are only as good as the data they use to make decisions. If the data is difficult or impossible to retrieve, they’re hamstrung in their[…]

The multifamily budgeting process doesn’t have to consume so much time How much time do you spend each year preparing for and executing the budget? If you sat down and really analyzed it, you would be pretty shocked. Multifamily and other home leasing segments have made great strides in modernizing operations, marketing and accounting practices[…]

MPF Research provides actionable market research to apartment investors and operators. Here’s the latest from RealPage’s multifamily intelligence division. Where are affordable housing units at greatest risk of expiring? In relation to the number of low-income households, there is a major shortage of designated affordable housing in the U.S. In the latter half of a[…]